Rare book dealers Joel and Garda take a summertime jaunt to the seashore where he becomes involved in a beauty pageant as investor and judge - much to her chagrin.

Joel and Garda Sloan, a husband-and-wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges, and he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. After Ed Connors, a New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the crime.—Kelly